Barcelona adventures

Sharing a few of our favourite Barcelona adventures.

Hello mates! How are you? I hope that your week is off to a tremendous begin! We’re right here in Sevilla having fun with the beautiful sights, procuring, scrumptious meals, and some tourist-y issues. It’s been the proper mixture of actions and chill time. I hope that your summer time goes nicely to this point, too.

For right now’s publish, I wished to share some out Barcelona adventures + the place we stayed for those who’re planning on reserving a visit. We have been in a position to spend a number of nights earlier than and after the Disney cruise and fell in love with Barcelona. In fact it has the beautiful mixture of structure, from Gaudi’s iconic designs to extra trendy kinds, Gothic cathedrals and Roman ruins. It additionally has the texture of a large metropolis (as a result of it’s one lol) with sooooo many issues to see and do. We simply might have spent a number of weeks there, and listed below are among the highlights from our journey.

Eating in Barcelona

The meals in Barcelona is 100%. I’d put it proper up there with Rome and we have been blown away by so most of the eating places we tried. They use numerous recent components and produce, it’s seasoned nicely, parts are excellent (particularly for those who like sharing), and allergens are sometimes clearly marked.

Prado de Flores

This was our first meal in Barcelona and it undoubtedly set us off on the fitting foot. I used to be craving a Tinto de Verano (crimson wine with citrus spritzer, like a sangria however much less candy) and Spanish tortilla. The women and I shared fairly a number of various things: hen skewers, Greek salad, sardines, and tortilla. P additionally acquired a burger and it was perfection.

Gluten free meals tour

I’ve a complete publish about this expertise, however we had the chance to check out six completely different spots with tons of gluten-free choices. I’d by no means had a gf Nutella-filled croissant and it set my soul freeeeee. This was most likely in checklist of prime 10 finest issues I’ve ever eaten. Barcelona has SO MANY gluten-free choices and devoted gluten-free kitchens. Our information instructed us that it’s the most effective locations to journey and stay if in case you have Celiac or are gluten delicate/illiberal.

Bloome by Sasha

That is a wholly gluten-free brunch spot with pancakes, avocado toast, bowls, and pastries, utilizing natural and recent components. I might eat right here weekly if we lived in Barcelona. They’ve a few areas so for those who’re planning a go to, I undoubtedly suggest checking it out.

Lokal Bar

This was near our resort, and had nice opinions and Spanish tortilla on the menu – I used to be on a mission to seek out the very best one haha – and we went and shared a bunch of tapas one night time. The tortilla had truffle oil (ommmggg) and the cheese platter was beautiful.

Roots & Rolls

One of many highlights of our journey was seeing my buddy Sara! We used to show collectively at Canyon Ranch and have stayed in contact regardless of strikes all around the nation. OG weblog reader mates would acknowledge her from our Soli Beat video, weblog exercise movies and Summer season Form Up! She’s completely superb — probably the most constructive individuals I do know and I really like any likelihood now we have to catch up.

We met up along with her and her husband for a tremendous vegan sushi, gluten-free choices, ramen, pad thai, and so on. The meals was glorious and the corporate was the very best half 🙂

In the event you stay in Barcelona or go to, she owns the primary assisted stretching studio in Spain: Stretch Eden.

Barcelona resort suggestions

We stayed at two completely different resorts in Barcelona: Royal Ramblas earlier than the cruise, and Room Mate Carla after the cruise.

(had the resort fitness center to myself)

It was cute as a result of it was the ladies and myself, so we every ended up having our personal little mattress in every spot. It’s value mentioning right here that I nearly at all times e-book our resorts totally free utilizing bank card factors. We use our Amex Platinum for all the pieces, and it provides us so many perks, like lounge entry, procuring credit, factors again for on a regular basis purchases, credit for his or her Wonderful Lodges assortment, Uber credit — I LOOOOVE this factor. In the event you’re interested by getting one, my referral link is here and I’m pleased to assist with any questions! More about how we use points for travel in this post.

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There are numerous completely different excursions and locations to go to in Barcelona, together with the well-known Boquat de Mercaria, La Sagrada Familia, tons of museums, and beautiful seashores. I might have cherished to have a museum day, however the children have been toast after the cruise. (I’m a bit bummed that we missed our Sagrada Familia tour, however we’ll undoubtedly be again!) We shopped, visited a number of completely different markets, explored the outside of Sagrada Familia,

and made it over to the White Rabbit museum, which was an enormous hit.

White Rabbit blends Catalan tradition with immersive experiences, together with projection rooms, digital actuality, lights, and sculptures. When you have children and are touring to Barcelona, I extremely suggest it.

Is Barcelona secure?

Our cab driver warned us about pickpockets and instructed us which areas to keep away from, however I by no means felt unsafe whereas we have been there. I felt a lot safer than I do in lots of components of the USA and I believe like something, it’s about being conscious of your environment and staying the place are different individuals round. Keep in well-lit and pretty populated areas, know the place you’re going, and hold your belongings near you. (I’ve been sporting this handy Amazon bag this complete journey.)

The objective of this exploration journey we’ve been on

I went into this journey with the intention of spending high quality time with children, seeing new locations, and taking a while to completely recharge after a fairly grueling begin to 2025. I additionally began off this journey in search of… a spot to stay. I felt like I may need readability with *one excellent spot* and Barcelona has been the closest. It has the massive metropolis really feel we love (tons of procuring, handy, so many gluten free choices and improbable eating), however with smaller charming neighborhood pockets. We have been particularly keen on the Grácia neighborhood. I don’t know if we’ll really ever extra from Tucson, however we’ve been contemplating completely different choices and preserving our eyes open. 🙂

Have you ever been to Barcelona? What’s your #1 favourite place to journey in the summertime?

xoxo

Gina

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